Vice President, Global Account Management

Job Location(s)

US-MA-Boston

Requisition #

2017-15798

Category

Sales

Type

Full-Time

Work From Home (Virtual)

Yes

Overview

Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is the global leader in storage and information management services. Iron Mountain is committed to storing, managing and transforming what our customers value most, from paper records to data to priceless works of art and culture. Providing a full suite of solutions – records and information management, data management, digital solutions, data centers and secure destruction – Iron Mountain enables organizations to lower storage costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and protect their data and assets from a complex world. Visit the company website at www.ironmountain.com for more information.

Iron Mountain enables 94% of the Fortune 1000 to smartly and securely manage their physical and digital information assets. With unmatched innovation and collaboration, our teams create information management solutions for our customers’ data, no matter what format, location or lifecycle stage it’s in and no matter where it’s kept. We are more than 17,000 people strong and growing. We’ve been a trusted records management leader since 1951.

Iron Mountain is an equal opportunity employer, and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity characteristics or expression, disability, medical condition, U.S. Military or veteran status or other legally protected classifications in making employment decisions.

Responsibilities

The VP, Global Account Management (VP, GAM) requires a self-driven leader to define and develop the strategic business plans for our complex global customers in order to create sustained value and differentiation for them. The VP, GAM is responsible for motivating and managing a team of Global Account Managers, and the activities that they perform, to successfully implement account plans, optimize revenue growth and ensure customer satisfaction. The VP, GAM will possess broad industry knowledge of the customer’s market and business objectives to appropriately cross-sell, up-sell and drive account penetration. With a deep understanding of Iron Mountain’s portfolio of services and products, the VP, GAM will address customer needs by introducing innovative solutions. Utilizing his/her well-established network and strong relationship management skills, the VP, GAM will ensure teams are well orchestrated to flawlessly execute on robust account plans, to ultimately attain and surpass financial targets.

Ensures the global account strategy is understood and deployed by the Global Account team, and provides ongoing feedback and coaching on individual account plans; routinely reviews pipeline for proper forecasting and achievement of revenue targets.

Sees the big picture and recognizes that his/her primary role is to drive revenue; s/he realistically grasps the financial aspects of the organization, shows responsiveness to the need for economies and cost control, and is able to draw meaningful implications from financial data.

Builds and maintains a network of contacts with the customer key decision makers to develop opportunities, and gain consideration for requests for proposals; plays active role in preparation of proposals for new business opportunities with the customer; assists with negotiating complex contracts/quotations; and acts as key escalation point for customers issues, when necessary.

Recruits, develops and retains a high performing and qualified workforce to deliver the goals of the Global Account team; proactively manages performance issues; and partners with other members of the organization to ensure the infrastructure required from other departments is made available to support the account strategy.

Holds self and team accountable for consistently meeting and exceeding profitable sales results by tracking and measuring sales performance.

Seeks to stay involved in new developments within his/her field; enjoys learning and is intellectually curious; and thrives on championing new initiatives and solutions to positively deliver a desired result, creating value for our customers and profitable growth for Iron Mountain.

Possesses deep understanding of Iron Mountain’s overall brand architecture and individual product strategies, as well as a solid command of technology.

Collaborates with other internal sales executives to articulate global account strategy, track all critical success factors of the organizations, secure relevant information and identify ways to work cross-functionally for positive business results.

Experience in managing a geographically dispersed sales force (ideally across different countries)

Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others

Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities

Travel Requirements:

up to 30% Total travel

Compliance Obligations:

It is the responsibility of every Iron Mountain employee: to comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and company policies to exhibit ethical behavior in accordance with our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct complete required training within the allotted time frame.

Options

Iron Mountain is an equal opportunity employer, and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity characteristics or expression, disability, medical condition, U.S. Military or veteran status or other legally protected classifications in making employment decisions.